The paper length is not relevant since the chart flows from one page to the next.
Mobile
in.
mm
Portrait
2.75
70
For smart phones, not for printing
Landscape
5.5
140
For smart phones, not for printing
USA & Canada
in.
mm
Letter Portrait
8.5
216
Also Legal Portrait
Letter Landscape
11
279
Legal Landscape
14
356
Also Ledger Portrait
Ledger Landscape
17
432
International
in.
mm
A5 Portrait
5.82
148
A4 Portrait
8.25
210
Also A5 Landscape
A4 Landscape
11.71
297
Also A3 Landscape
A3 Landscape
16.54
420
The Text+ programs assume that the right and left margins are each about 25mm (1/2 inch) wide.
On the Format for Printing page, differences in page margins can be accommodated by the "fudge factor":
TNG Descendant Charts
Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.
Graphical formats
"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person,
but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page)
They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print,
but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart
with more than three or four generations of data,
you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF.
On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF,
but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes,
wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks
(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level.
When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)
Text formats
"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats.
They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart.
(That's good news and bad news).
In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling,
and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width
(albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode).
They are also much more flexible than the other formats,
with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports.
They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes.
But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense,
and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all;
they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.
Father: Lewis Leonidas Greenlee
(24 Aug 1821 Mason County, West Virginia, USA - 23 Nov 1907 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
Mother: Hannah Maria Ferrell
(8 Aug 1840 Pennsylvania, USA - 19 Feb 1906 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
Ida Belle Snowden
(Jun 1871 Illinois, USA - 1949 Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     ├─Minnie Greenlee
(Jul 1890 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - 1957 Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │ + Ethan Warren
(19 Feb 1884 Woodland Twp, Decatur County, Iowa, USA - 22 May 1965 Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     ├─Blanche Lavar Greenlee
(12 Sep 1891 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - Feb 1978 Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │ + William Franklin Showalter
(Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA;26 Nov 1887 - Jan 1974)
     ├─Vina H Greenlee
(17 Dec 1895 Clay, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - Feb 1975 Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │ + Ray R Acheson
(29 Jan 1887 Iowa, USA - Jun 1970 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     ├─Eva E Greenlee
(27 Mar 1899 Clay, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - Feb 1982 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, USA)
     │ + Ora Chad Gorden
(4 Mar 1900 Wayne County, Iowa, USA - Oct 1967 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, USA)
     ├─Elsie Mariah Greenlee
(10 Jan 1902 Clay, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - 4 Dec 1984 El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │ + Dewey Oliver Speer
(10 Jun 1898 Jefferson Twp, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - Mar 1974 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     │ + Philip Ellis Risher
(28 Apr 1901 Derby, Lucas County, Iowa, USA - 20 Dec 1995 Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     ├─S Jay Greenlee
(Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA;30 Mar 1909 - Feb 1984)
     │ + Cordelia Emmaline Davis
(28 Nov 1909 Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA - Sep 1985 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)
     └─Lloyd A Greenlee
(Wayne County, Iowa, USA;19 Jul 1911 - 5 Mar 2002)
      + Cora Irene Green
(23 Oct 1913 Wayne County, Iowa, USA - 10 Jun 1935 Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA)
      + Fayetta Maurine Ensminger
(20 Dec 1910 Exline, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA - 25 May 1992 Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, USA)